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minus-squarebubstance@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoNothing at all. It’s purely for my own needs — what worked for Rob Pike’s eyes in the '90s doesn’t really work for mine when it comes to actually using it every day, so I figured I’d have fun with it while I was changing the colors for the various programs.
minus-squaregwilikers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAh, I didn’t know Pike or Thompson were involved with Plan 9 . Does anyome here know why they used the Ed Wood movie for the name?
minus-squarebubstance@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoI think it really is as simple as our dorks from the Labs liking Ed Wood. Same reason the mascot is named Glenda.
Nothing at all.
It’s purely for my own needs — what worked for Rob Pike’s eyes in the '90s doesn’t really work for mine when it comes to actually using it every day, so I figured I’d have fun with it while I was changing the colors for the various programs.
Ah, I didn’t know Pike or Thompson were involved with Plan 9 . Does anyome here know why they used the Ed Wood movie for the name?
I think it really is as simple as our dorks from the Labs liking Ed Wood.
Same reason the mascot is named Glenda.